Injury Statistics: Occupational Injuries

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a total of 4.4 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces during 2003, resulting in a rate of 5.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers. A total of 5,559 fatal work injuries were recorded in the U.S. in 2003 - a rate of 4.0 fatalities per 100,000 workers.

IPRC Resources:

IPRC has established a database on workplace fatalities unparalleled in the U.S. enabling the Center to examine workplace injury in more depth and to create a series of analytic epidemiologic studies examining workplace violence. For descriptions of IPRC projects about occupational injury, click here.

For more information contact:

Dr. Carol Runyan